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Lufthansa CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Austrian state holding company OeIAG CEO Peter Michaelis and Austrian Airlines (AUA) co-chief executives Peter Malanik and Andreas Bierwirth (L-R) sign contracts finalizing the takeover of AUA by Lufthansa in Vienna September 3, 2009. Lufthansa last week obtained a regulatory green light to merge with Austrian Airlines (AUA).